eastern chimpanzee

1. 1.

   long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees

   SynonymsPan troglodytes schweinfurthii

   Broaderchimpanzee

Questions about eastern chimpanzee

What does eastern chimpanzee mean?

eastern chimpanzee means "long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees".

What is another word for eastern chimpanzee?

Close synonyms include Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eastern chimpanzee a common word?

eastern chimpanzee is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.